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Hunting Regions 



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How TO Reach Them 



Introducing Representative Guides 





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Published by 

The U. S. Cartridge Co. 

Lowell, Mass. 

1895 



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By The U. S. Cartridge Cc. 
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'T^HERE are undoubtedly many sportsmen in the 
United States who wish to know something of 
the big game resorts of t]\is country, and where 
they would be likely to find good shooting. Each 
year there are m.any who would indulge in shooting 
trips, if they knew where to go, and probably not a 
few abandon proposed trips for want of the desired 
information. 

When the United States Cartridge Co., of Lowell, 
Mass., was asked to contribute to the success of 
the Sportsmen's Exposition, it felt that rather than 
make a large display of cartridges, which can be 
seen in almost any sporting goods establishment in 
the United vStates, it would endeavor to serve visit- 
ing sportsmen in a novel and interesting way, by 
giving them the privilege of meeting and talking 
with typical and representative guides and hunters 
from different pans of this great country, and at the 
same time enable them to learn something of our 
game, the best places for finding it, as well as an 
opportunity of securing the services of these guides, 
if they so desire. 



This Company has made a special effort to bring- 
to this Exposition, to occupy the space engaged by 
the United States Cartridge Co., to receive, wel- 
come, and impart such imformation as they possess 
to sportsmen, guides who have become prominent by 
their superior skill as woodsmen, and as hunters 
distinguished for their bravery and intelligence. 

In this booklet the regions from which these 
famous hunters come is briefly described, as well as 
the game to be found therein; some hints in relation 
to the best means of reaching these sections are 
given, and illustrations of the most highly prized 
game to be found in North America. This Com- 
pany hopes to thus place before sportsmen a means 
of enlightening them on the best game-hunting 
resorts, in a manner both novel and pleasing. 

The mounted specimens, skins and other work of 
the taxidermist shown in our camp are from the 
establishment of Southwick & Critchley, Provi- 
dence, R. I. 



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MAINE. 

'T^HE STATE of Maine is, without doubt, the best 
region in the East for big game shooting, and 
for fishing. Fully two-thirds of the State remains a 
primeval wilderness, where abundance of game and 
fish is to be found. While . its coast offers many- 
attractions for the sportsman, its inland woods and 
waters draw there annually thousands of sportsmen. 
The secretary of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish and 
Game Association estimates the number who visit 
Maine annually for shooting and fishing as 50,000. 
Notwithstanding this large number of visitors, the 
game has in no way diminished; in fact, deer have 
increased wonderfully in the State, and there is 
plenty of sport now, and probably will be forever. 

The most important of the big game to be found 
in the State of Maine is the moose, which is the 
largest of the deer family. It often exceeds 1,000 
pounds in weight, with gigantic antlers, sometimes 
spanning more than 60 inches, making it a prize 
coveted by every sportsman. Next is the errant 
caribou, which is sometimes found in mountains, 
then on barrens, on ice, or in the swamp; an animal 
of the North allied to the reindeer of the Arctics. 
The head of the bull caribou is also a trophy which 
inakes glad the heart of the sportsman. The Vir- 
ginia deer is the next animal in estimation, far 
outnumbering the other two. Deer have multiplied 



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SO rapidly that no sportsman need visit the Maine 
woods and not secure his deer, if he be in charge of 



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a competent guide. Commissioner Stanley of this 
State estimates that there are no fewer than 21,600 
deer in the State. Next comes the black bear, which 



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is found frequently and is often killed by the sports- 
man. Foxes are also abundant throiighout the State, 
and lynxes, both the Canada lynx and the red lynx, 
are occasionally found. 

The abundance of large game in Maine generally 
causes the sportsman to pay but little attention to 
such small game as the raccoon, the scjuirrel, or 
the \yoodchucks, but if feathered game is wanted, 
there are geese, many varieties of ducks, the ruffed 
grouse, and the Canadian grouse, or spruce partridge, 
woodcock, snipe, and the various shore birds. 

We have chosen as representative hunters and 
guides of the State of Maine, two men who are 
known for their unusual skill as woodsmen and 
hunters. This first is Jonathan Darling. This 
famous guide and hunter was born in the town of 
Enfield, Maine, his father and mother being among 
the first settlers in that part of the State. During 
Mr. Darling's youth game was very abundant there, 
and consisted of moose, deer, caribou and bear; but 
the means for securing these animals were scarce, 
steel traps and rifles being luxuries. The arm used 
by Mr. Darling's father was an old flint lock, and 
most of his traps were wooden traps, chiefly dead 
falls. 

Jonathan Darling, when a boy, would accompany 
his father on his hunting and trapping trips; 



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occasionally he was permitted to shoot a deer or car- 
ibou, and thus a passion for hunting was engrafted into 




Caribou, 
the young man. As soon as he was able to liandle 
the old flint lock gun, young Darling persuaded 



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his father to allow him to go hunting on his own 
account. The arm was too heavy to hold off-hand, 
so he would rest the gun over a stump. In this 
way he killed his first deer. It was not killed 
outright, but one of the hind legs of the deer was 
shot off, and the dog which accompanied the young 
hunter caught the deer. Although young Darling 
was obliged to work hard on a New England farm, 
he improved every chance he could to get away 
into the woods hunting, and as the years rolled on 
he acquired a knowledge of wood craft which 
enabled him to surpass any of the other boys in 
his neighborhood. He made a study of the habits 
of game, and being of a remarkably cool temper- 
ament, never getting excited, he generally succeeded 
in capturing game where others failed. 

Young Darling was also very fond of a canoe, 
and acquired a great reputation not only in handling 
canoes but in building them. He also became 
famous for the snow shoes and moccasins which he 
made. 

As he grew to manhood he still followed hunting, 
and probably there is no one in the State of Maine 
who has killed more big game than Jonathan 
Darling. He has hunted it in all ways, by night, 
by day, by water on dark nights with jacks, without 
any light, by getting close to his game, shooting by 



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guess. He has a wide experience in still hunting- 
deer on snow. In this mode of hunting it would 
frequently take nearly all day to overtake a moose, 
the time depending on the depth of the snow and 
stiffness of the crust. This mode of hunting was 




Canada Lj-nx. 

pursued on the coldest days, when icicles would 
hang to his hair, and his clothing would be wet with 
perspiration. After this violent exercise, and while in 
this condition, it would often be necessary to camp 
for the night, with only a small hatchet with which 
to cut wood, and sometimes with nothing to eat. 



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Many times while on these hunts, if successful in 
killing- a moose, Mr. Darling would strip the pelt 
from the animal and crawl inside of it to keep 
from freezing. 

When Mr. Darling hunted for hides, sportsmen 
did not visit the State of Maine to any extent, and 
there were few opportunities for guiding; but later 
Mr. Darling's reputation as a mighty hunter made 
him sought for, and as public interest was awakened 
in making better game laws and enforcing them, he 
abandoned skin hunting and commenced guiding 
sportsmen, building camps in different parts of the 
State, where the best hunting was to be found. 

Mr. Darling has guided some of the best known 
sportsmen in the United States, from all walks in 
life; he has a knowledge of the big game regions 
from the Rangeley lakes to the eastern coast, and 
it is believed that no other man in Maine can give 
better information on the habits of the big game 
and the best regions where it is to be found. 

Another of the famous guides of Maine is Joe 
Francis, a full-blooded Penobscot Indian, respected 
by all who know him, and as a hunter, trapper and 
guide second to none. 

He was born in Houlton, Maine, and is now 
forty-nine years of age, and has hunted since he 
was thirteen years old. He is familiar with all 



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parts of Maine where good hunting- is to be found, 
and sportsmen who have employed him as guide 
regard him as a wonderfully keen hunter. 




Canada Grouse. 



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Jonathan Darling, Hunter and Guide, Maine. 
While Joe Francis has engaged in every kind of 
hunting to be found in the State, his fame has 
been largely gained by his great success in moose 
hunting. Perhaps his Indian blood has given him 
greater skill in this direction, for it is generally 
admitted that Indians make the best moose callers. 



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The writer of these lines has met Joe Francis in 
a company of experienced hunters, and in giving 
imitations of moose calls, all present admitted that 
Joe was superior to any other. Be that as it may, 
Joe Francis has succeeded in luring the wildest 
bull moose to within easy range of the sportsman's 
rifle with his simple birch bark horn. 

A few years ago while Joe was hunting with a 
prominent New York physician, they heard some 
hunters calling for moose. Joe recognized the 
imperfect notes and told the doctor that the call 
would not lure the moose to the hunters. At the 
doctor's suggestion Joe called once, and his imita- 
tions was so perfect that the bull made a rush in 
the direction of the canoe, where he was shot by 
the doctor. 

Joe Francis has excellent camps for sportsmen, 
situated in a fine game country. He is regarded 
as a representative Indian of the Penobscot tribe, 
a man of honor and intelligence, and has no 
superior as a guide and woodsman. His statements 
in regard to the fish and game of his native State 
may be relied upon. 

Sportsmen residing in the West wishing to reach 
the great hunting regions of Maine, will find the 
best through service over the Lake Shore & 
Michigan Southern Railway and the New York 



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Joseph Francis, Penobscot Indian Hunter and Guide, Maine. 
Central & Hudson River R. R. to Albany, thence 
over the Boston & Albany R. R. to Boston, from 
Boston taking- the Boston & Maine R. R. to I'ort- 
land, then the Maine Central, which system will 
land the sportsman adjacent to the great hunting 
regions. 

From New York City we recommend the Boston 
& Albany R. R. to Boston, from there by Boston 
& Maine R. R. and the Maine Central. 



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THE ADIRONDACK REGION. 

"D EFERENCE to the great hunting; region of 
New York State naturally suggests the Adiron- 
dack country, a region which has for many years 
furnished sport for anglers and hunters, where deer 
and trout still abound, and are likely to remain 
plentiful for years to come. The Adirondack region 
is familiar to many sportsmen who will visit this 
Exposition; yet there are thousands who have not 
visited this delightful country, and who will be glad 
to meet a representative guide, well informed on the 
game and fish resorts, and who can tell them of the 
best way to reach them. 

We have chosen to represent the great Adirondack 
region H. H. Covey, who is regarded as a typical 
Adirondack guide. Mr. Covey was born in 1853 in 
vSt. Lawrence County, New York, which is situated 
on the borders of the Adirondack wilderness. He 
attended the district school until eleven years of age, 
when he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade; but 
the great north woods within whose shadow he had 
lived since infancy had long held a fascination for 
him. He made numerous trips into the heart of the 
forest, and each time he returned to civilization he 
had a greater longing to return there. He com- 
menced, his trips to the woods at an early age, 



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having- visited Oswegatchie County in the capacity 
of a camp helper when he was but twelve years of 
age. Finding he could not apply himself diligently 
to his trade, he abandoned it, and became a profes- 
sional guide in the Fulton chain region, thoroughly 



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exploring all the country adjacent to this famous 
chain of lakes, as well as other portions of the Adi- 
rondacks. Mr. Covey is well qualified to furnish any 
information desired on this great region. For some 
time past he has maintained a camp on Big Moose 



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Lake for the accommodation of sportsmen. He has 
entertained some of the most prominent sportsmen 
of this country, all of whom speak in unqualified 
terms of his character as a man, and skill as a 
woodsman. 



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To reach the Adirondack region from New York 
City, take the New York Central & Hudson River 
R. R., which Company runs through car service with 
every comfort and convenience into this territory. 




H. H. Covey, Adirondack Hunter and Guide. 



COLORADO. 

'T^HE STATE of Colorado, with its 103,925 square 
miles, contains some of the best hunting 
grounds to be found in the United States. The 
varied character of the country, consisting of vast 
plains and mountains, makes it the natural home of 
big game, and their fastnesses will forever prevent 
their extermination. 

The grandest and most highly prized game to be 
found is the wapiti, or elk, the majestic specimen of 
the deer family. Generally two or three times as 
large as a Virginia deer, the bull wapiti with its 
well-developed antlers, has often earned for himself 
the title of monarch, and it is believed that most 
sportsmen feel that to kill a bull wapiti is one of 
the highest pleasures in big game shooting. It has 
many times been written that the wapiti was fast 
approaching extermination, but that there are a great 
abundance of these animals left can readily be proved 
by talking with our Colorado representatives. There 
are great bands of them remaining, which stay in 
the mountains during the vSummer months, coming 
down into the plains as the Autumn approaches, and 
frequently great numbers of them are killed by 
ranchmen for their Winter's supply of meat. 

Of deer, chiefly the black tail variety, there are 



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thousands upon thousands, and sportsmen visiting- 
Colorado have no difficulty in killing- all the deer 
they -wish, if they are reasonable. Antelope, the 




Wapiti, or Elk. 

swift-footed, restless animal of the plains, may be 
found in bands of from a few to hundreds in number. 



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This wary, yet curious animal, frequently taxes the 
skill of the hunter to no little extent ; but an accu- 
rately sighted rifle in the hands of a good shot brings 
thousands of them, to bag annually. The mountain 
sheep also exist in considerable numbers in this 
State, but at the present time are protected like the 
buffalo. Of the wolves there are two varieties — the 
gray or timber wolf, the largest of its kind to be 
found in America, is frequently found, and the 
smaller variety known as the coyote, cowardly and 
thievish, is to be found in great numbers and is fre- 
quently shot from the ranchman's door or from his 
camp. 

The bears of Colorado are of two varieties: first, 
the brown, black, or cinnamon bear, which the natu- 
ralist recognizes as one species. The color of this 
bear is black or brownish, its variability in color 
having given rise to the numerous nominal species, 
but scientists declare that they are one and the 
same. The second is the grizzly bear, or silver tip, 
as it is often known among sportsmen, the largest 
of the bear family, reaching a length of nine feet, 
and sometimes exceeding eight hundred pounds in 
weight. 

The cat family is well represented in the big game 
of Colorado. First, the American panther, also known 
by the name of cougar, puma, or mountain lion, an 



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Panther, or Cougar. 



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animal tawny brownish in color, fierce in appearance 
and savage when cornered; an animal of a carniver- 
ous nature, preferring as its sustenance the warm 
blood of animals it preys upon, such as deer, antelope, 
and sometimes the stock of a ranchman. Next is 
the Canada lynx, varying greatly in size, far fiercer 
in appearance than it really is, and next the small 
cat known as the American wild cat. Of this cat 
family probably more blood-curdling tales have been 
written than of any other of our big game animals, 
and their ferocity has been greatly overrated. It is 
believed there are more panthers in Colorado than 
in other States. Great sport has been experienced of 
late years by hunting these cats with packs of dogs. 
Of rabbits, there is the almost omnipresent jack 
rabbit, which — and it is a conservative statement to 
say — exist by the millions. Some idea of the vast 
number of these animals can be gained by the 
report of the number killed last year at Lamar, 
Col., in a three days' hunt instituted by the Rev. 
Thomas Uzzell, of Denver, for the purpose of secur- 
ing food for the poor and indigent. There were 
6,142 jack rabbits killed on this hunt, and when it 
is stated that the hunting was done in Lamar and 
the immediate vicinity, it may substantiate our state- 
ment that there are millions of jack rabbits through- 
out the State. 



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There are other fur-bearing animals throughout 
the State, such as the wolverine, badger, gopher and 
several varieties of squirrels, the former of which is 




Sage Grouse. 

occasionally found, ^ and the latter are paled almost 
into insignificance by the larger and nobler animals. 
For feathered game there are myriads of wild ducks 



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geese, brant and swan, grouse of several varieties, 
snipe and other small birds. The season for big 
game hunting in Colorado is between August i and 
November i. 

The U. S. Cartridge Co. has chosen to represent 
the great State of Colorado two persons who have 
become very prominent to the sportsmen of America 
by their wonderful achievements. They are Mr, 
A. G. Wallihan and wife, of Lay, Col. Mr. Walli- 
han has had a wide experience with the big game 
animals of this State, and for years hunted them 
successfully, and he is able to impart to sportsmen 
as much information on the game animals of his 
State as any person who could be found. 

Mr. A. G. Wallihan was born in Footville, Rock 
County, Wis., where he lived until 1870, when he 
moved to Denver, Col. He remained in Colorado 
until 1876, when he returned to Wisconsin, but his 
love of hunting and the granduer of the mountains 
of Colorado drew him back in 1879. After hunting 
antelope in the neighborhood of Colorado Springs 
for a month, he moved to Lily Park, where he 
found deer in such abundance as to astonish him. 
After remaining at Lily Park for a time he moved 
to Wyoming, but again was attracted back to Colo- 
rado, and on his return settled in Lay, Routt 
County, where he has since made his home. 



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A. G. Wallihan, Hunter and Photographer of Wild Game. 



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In 1889, Mr. Wallihan conceived the idea of 
photographing the wild game which is so abund- 
ant in his State, and the success he has achieved in 
this direction is far beyond wliat it was thought 
possible ever to accomplish; in fact, his photographic 
achievements have not only astonished sportsmen 
the world over, but it has been found difficult to 
make expert photographers believe he could accom- 
plish such results. He has photographed elk, deer, 
antelope, panther, lynx, wolves, which pictures have 
found their way to every part of the civilized world. 
Since he has become so much interested in photog- 
raphy, he has done less hunting, but the nearness 
to which he is obliged to approach his game to 
secure his pictures has given him an unusual 
knowledge Of their habits, and it is thought safe to 
say that no man in Colorado, perhaps in the United 
States, is so well qualified to tell sportsmen of the 
big game of the West, and their habits, as Mr. 
Wallihan. 

Mrs. Wallihan is also a native of Wisconsin, her 
father moving there from Massachusetts in 1835, she 
being a descendant from old Revolutionary stock. 
Her father was a keen shot and one of the old-time 
rifle shots who could perform marvelous feats in 
shooting with his old muzzle-loading rifle. Mrs, 
Wallihan states that she believes her first interest in 



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shooting was inspired by watching her father mould 
bullets. She did not, however, aspire to own her 
own rifle and shoot wild game until she made her 
home in the West. Her husband and brother 
frequently urged her to learn to shoot a rifle, as 
they often left her alone. Her first shooting was 
with a gun, and in a short time she was able to kill 
geese and other feathered game. Later, her hus- 
band purchased for her a Remington rifle, with 
which she has killed more than thirty deer. She 
has stood in the door of her own cabin and shot 
wolves and has killed no end of jack rabbits and 
other small game. She generally accompanies her 
husband, both on his shooting and photographic 
trips, and has braved the fierce storms of the West, 
camped on the trail, shot, hunted, fished and photo- 
graphed with her husband, and is far better informed 
on the subject of big game than most men, and can 
handle firearms, especially a rifle, which she shoots 
in a manner to excite the admiration of all who 
have seen her shooting. 

All that is claimed for these remarkable persons, 
both as hunters and photographers, can be demon- 
strated in the magnificent photographs which they 
have with them. We believe that in introducing 
Mr. and Mrs. Wallihan to the sportsmen of America 
at this Exposition, we will have placed before the 



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sportsmen a rare opportunity for gainint>; information 
of the game and fish of Colorado. From New York 
to Colorado the best service will be found over the 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. and the 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to 
Chicago, from Chicago, taking the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railway, the latter running the only 
through car service over the Union Pacific system, 
and the traveler will find the best vestibule train 
service with dining cars attached. 




WYOMING. 

nPHE STATE of Wyoming-, which is compara- 
tively sparsely settled, contains some of the 
greatest hunting- sections for big game to be found 
in North America. In selecting a typical guide and 
hunter from this State, there were many whose 
skill, bravery and experience entitled them to high 
rank among guides and hunters ; but there is one 
man in Wyoming who has the respect of all who 
have known him as a guide. He has had an 
experience which falls to the lot of but few men, 
and we might say that but few would care for such 
an experience, for it is fraught with danger, and he 
bears the marks of encounter with our fiercest 
animal, the grizzly bear. 

This sturdy hunter is Ira Dodge, of Cora, Wyo., 
of whom many sportsmen have heard, for besides 
being a fearless and enthusiastic hunter, he wields a 
pen with a graphicuess which has interested all who 
have read his writings. Mr. Dodge is known 
throughout Wyoming, and by many hunters of the East 
whom he has guided, as one of the greatest bear 
hunters of the West. Mr. Dodge was born in the 
wilds of Wisconsin on November 27, 1858. At an 
early age he developed a passion for the rifle and 
gun which brought many admonitions from his 



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parents, but the love of firearms could not be over- 
come by him, and at such times as he could steal 
away from home, he would devote to target or field 
shooting-, on such large and small game as the 




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country afforded. He possessed a somewhat roving- 
disposition, and after becoming thoroughly familiar 
with the woods and waters in the neighborhood of 
his h(jme, he had uncontrollable desires to visit new 



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countries, where he would meet larger and fiercer 
game. He had but little opportunity for schooling 
in the country in which he lived, and during a 
portion of the year, in the Autumn and early Winter, 
he devoted all his time to hunting deer for the 
market, and bears for their pelt and bounty. In 
this work he was remarkably successful, far more so 
than any one in his country. 

In 1881, he concluded to start for the far West, 
and in time found himself in Montana; this was at 
a time when the great slaughter of buffalo for hides 
was going on. Like many others he engaged in the 
business of hunting buffalo for hides; we admit he 
did his share in the work which finally exterminated 
the vast herds that once swarmed the plains. 

In 1883, Mr. Dodge visited the world's wonder- 
land, Yellowstone National Park. Here he spent 
several years among the grandeur and beauty of this 
interesting and fascinating country, guiding tourists 
to points of interest and taking hunting trips to the 
rivers and mountains adjacent thereto. When not 
engaged as a guide his spare time would be devoted 
to bear hunting, the value of the pelts and the 
bounty on the head, as well as his love for hunting 
these fierce animals, made the sport especially 
attractive to him. It is said that every sportsman 
'finds special attraction in some one kind of shooting. 



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Black Bear. 



For Mr. Dodge there seems a special attraction in 
bear hunting. 

An interesting e])isode in Mr. Dodge's life was his 
wedding trip. In 1892 he married, and his wedding 
iourney was made on horseback and pack mules, 
over moimtain trails and the wildest portions of the 
Rocky Mountains, to a localit}' in Wyoming. His 
wife thoroughly enjoys hunting trips, and often 
accompanies her husband. At the present time 
Mr. Dodge lives on the west side of the Wind River 
range, near the head waters of (ireen River. This 
country abounds in game and is onh' two days' 
drive from the Union Pacific Railwav. It is claimed 



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that no better game country is left in the United 
States. 

There are elk, moose, mule deer, antelope. Rocky 
Mountain sheep, black and grizzly bears. For 
feathered game there is duck and goose shooting, 
prairie chickens in abundance, and those who enjoy 
fly fishing will find exceptionally good sport in this 





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Ira Dodge, Hunter and (luide, Wyoming. 

country, the mountain trout taken ranging- as high 
as five pounds. In addition to the rare sport with 
fish and game, the scenery is said to be grand. 

To reach the hunting regions of Wyoming we 
recommend for the best services in going from New 
York, the New York Central & Hudson River 
R. R. and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
Railway to Chicago, continuing from the latter place 
over the ('hicago & Northwestern Railway, this 
Company running vestibule train service with dining 
cars attached over the Union Pacific system. 




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SOUTHERN MONTANA AND 
IDAHO. 

"|\/ruNTANA with nearly 150,000 square miles has 
within its confines some rare hunting for the 
sportsman. Big game abounds in many parts of the 
State, and one has a variety to choose from ; there 
are the grizzly bear, black bear, wapiti or elk, 
mountain sheep. Rocky Mountain goat, antelope, 
deer, wolves, both gray or timber, and the coyote, 
and the usual variety of small furred and feathered 
game found in the far West. Many parts of 
Montana are almost inaccessible, and the sportsman 
risks not a little by making his hunting trips if he 
is unacquainted with this region. 

One of the intelligent guides from this State is 
W. H. Wright, of Missoula, and the United States 
Cartridge Co, feels no better man could be brought 
to the Sportsmen's Exposition to enlighten sports- 
men on the kind of game to be found in Southern 
Montana and Idaho than Mr. Wright. He will 
also be able to give information as to the proper 
season of the year for sportsmen to make their 
hunting trips, for the mistake of a few weeks often 
imperils the lives of the sportsmen, as was the 
case of the Carlin party, which lost one of its 
number, and the remainder barely escaping with 
their lives, after suffering great hardships. Mr. 
Wright was one of those who went in search of 



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the lost sportsmen, and his wide experience as 
hunter, guide and prospector will make his advice 
of value. 

Mr. Wright's life and adventures are sufficient to 
make an interesting book, but the limited space at 
our disposal will permit of but a brief sketch of his 
life only. He was born in the State of New Hamp- 
shire and lived in New England until he was twenty- 
seven years of age. In 1883 he moved to the West, 
and first settled at Spokane, Wash., arriving there 
at a time when everything was prosperous. He was 
quite successful in his investments, but the reaction 
came and depression of business caused him heavy 
losses. While he was successful he hunted for 
pleasure, and being an enthusiastic sportsman had 
unusual opportunities to gratify his taste. When 
business reverses came he still had the fondness for 
hunting, and responding to many solicitations to act 
as guide, he took charge of many parties, making 
trips to the Cascade Mountains, going into British 
Columbia; sometimes these trips extended over three 
or four months, and as the country he visited is the 
home of the mountain sheep, or big horn, the Rocky 
Mountain goat, the black tail, or mule deer, bear, 
both grizzly and black, the nature of his sport was 
exciting and sometimes hazardous. After hunting 
through Washington and northern Idaho, and having 



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Mule Deer, 
killed specimens of the game to be found there, 
both large and small, Mr. Wright longed to kill elk, 
moose and other big game. He, therefore, made 



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trips East and 
South through 
southern Idaho 
and Montana, 
where big 
game, especially 
elk and moose, 
is still abund- 
ant. Mr. Wright 
being a keen 
hunter and a 
guide of imusu- 
al intelligence, 
liis trips have 
been uniformly 
successful, and 
his services are 
much sought for 
by those who 
wish a trust- 
worthy guide 
and skillful 
woodsman. 

To reach this 
territory from 
W. H. Wright, Ready for the Hunt. New York take 

the New York Central & Hud.son River Railroad and 




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the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to 
Chicago, thence over the Chicago Sc Northwestern 
Railway to St. Paul, thence over the Northern 
Pacific Railroad, the latter line leaving the sports- 
man at desirable points from which to reach the 
great htm ting regions. 




W. H. Wright, Hunter and Guide, Montana. 



NORTHERN MONTANA AND 
WASHINGTON. 

A NOTHER of the famous guides of Montana, 
"^ who has been brought into considerable prom- 
inence by guiding parties of well-known sportsmen, 
among them being many English sportsmen, is J. W. 
Schultz, whose headquarters is at Kipp, Mont. Mr. 
Schultz was born in northern New York. During his 
boyhood he removed to Montana. A love of hunt- 
ing was inherent in him, and on arriving in Montana 
he devoted himself almost solely to hunting and 
trading with the Indians. In his early days in the 
West the buffalo were there literally by the million. 
He continued in his business of hunting and trading 
until the extermination of the buiTalo, when he 
attempted to settle down on a ranch, near the foot- 
hills of the Rocky Mountains; but the wild life of a 
hunter possessed so many charms for him, that he 
spends more time in the mountains than he does on 
his ranch, and guiding a hunting party is more con- 
genial occupation to him than ranch work. His 
success has made his services sought for, and he has 
guided some of the most distinguished sportsmen 
that have visited Montana. 

Mr. Schultz's favorite hunting ground is a country 
north and south of the Great Northern Railway, 



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Rocky Mountiiin Goat. 



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J. W. Schultz, Hunter and Guide, Montana. 



where it crosses the main range of the Rocky Moun- 
tains. This is practically a new country for sports- 
men. The Great Northern Railway has been recently 
built, and as yet but few parties have learned that 
the shooting- to be had there is unexcelled. Of the 
game to be found in this region, there are elk, 
moose, grizzly bear and deer. This section is also 
pre-eminently the home of the big horn and the 



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white goat. There is also great abundance of small 
game peculiar to the West, and magnificent fishing. 
The scenery of the section of the country we have 
referred to is by no means the least of its attrac- 
tions. Some of the mountains are covered with 
glaciers, and there are innumerable beautiful lakes 
to be found in the valleys. Mr. Schultz will be 
found a man of rare practical information, and 
can advise sportsmen who contemplate visiting his 
region. 

Sportsmen visiting this region can leave New 
York over the New York Central & Hudson River 
R. R. and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
Railway to Chicago, from Chicago taking the Chicago 
& Northwestern Railway to St. Paul, then the Great 
Northern Railway, every comfort and convenience 
being provided by these lines. 




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